Information Exposure Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELHEADERS-2510114
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 May 2016

Introduced: 23 May 2016

CVE-2016-4569  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-headers to version 0:3.10.0-514.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-2574.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface.

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